The Joint Poultry Industry Safety Award Program is currently accepting applications from poultry industry facilities with outstanding safety programs. The award program is open to National Chicken Council (NCC), National Turkey Federation (NTF) and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) members with poultry processing plants, further processing facilities, egg processing plants, hatcheries, feed mills, animal support services, and rendering facilities that, through the implementation of innovative and effective programs, have injury and illness rates below the industry average for three consecutive years.
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Each week, NCC will feature in a short spotlight column the official representative from each of our Allied Leader and Allied Member companies. This week’s Allied Leader Member Spotlight is Alliant Insurance Service’s Executive Vice President and NCC representative Rich Lonneman, Jr.
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Online grocery sales in March remained flat compared to last year, with total sales reaching $8 billion. According to the most recent Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopper Survey, fielded March 29-30, the results are an improvement over March 2023, when total monthly online grocery sales had fallen 8% on a year-over-year basis.
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The National Chicken Council said in comments submitted last week that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed wastewater guidelines will result in establishment closures, job losses, increased costs, and general anxiety about the future of effluent guidelines.
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The outlook for global poultry markets in 2024 remains moderately positive, with demand expected to gradually recover due to better affordability driven by lower costs, lower inflation rates, and rising incomes. According to Rabobank’s Global Poultry Quarterly Q2 2024 Report, this will lead to less consumer focus on prices in 2024 compared to 2023, which will support some recovery in demand for value-added poultry and improved demand in food service. Business opportunities in these markets will recover. However, price consciousness among consumers will remain a key driver.
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